diff --git a/phirSOFT.FluentPrismAdapters/RibbonRegionAdapter.cs b/phirSOFT.FluentPrismAdapters/RibbonRegionAdapter.cs
index 7127859..39f7d9d 100644
--- a/phirSOFT.FluentPrismAdapters/RibbonRegionAdapter.cs
+++ b/phirSOFT.FluentPrismAdapters/RibbonRegionAdapter.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace phirSOFT.FluentPrismAdapters
 {
     public class RibbonRegionAdapter : TopologicalSortedRegionAdapterBase<Ribbon>
     {
-        protected RibbonRegionAdapter(IRegionBehaviorFactory regionBehaviorFactory) : base(regionBehaviorFactory)
+        public RibbonRegionAdapter(IRegionBehaviorFactory regionBehaviorFactory) : base(regionBehaviorFactory)
         {
         }
 
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ protected override IList GetItemCollection(Ribbon container, DependencyObject it
             return null;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}